Eric Brosius's guest appearances

Eric Brosius

The Long View

Boardgames To Go

Train Shuffling

Martin Wallace

David Thompson

Wyatt Earp

Brian Murray

Jeff Myers

David Harding

Tom Lehman

Mark Jackson

Steve Jackson

Doug Adams

Paul Grogan

Joe Wiggins

Scott Alden

Reiner Knizia

Russ Wakelin

OwlTail

Joe Huber

The perennial resource trading classic with Joe Huber and Eric Brosius.Thanks to our sponsor www.gamesurplus.com for their continued support of the show. Go and check out how Elaine and Carmen are bringing the world of board games to you! Thanks as well to Punchboard Media! Check out a wealth of excellent board game media at www.punchboardmedia.com!

The perennial resource trading classic with Joe Huber and Eric Brosius. Thanks to our sponsor <a href="http://www.gamesurplus.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.gamesurplus.com</a> for their continued support of the show. Go and check out how Elaine and Carmen are bringing the world of board games to you! Thanks as well to Punchboard Media! Check out a wealth of excellent board game media at <a href="http://www.punchboardmedia.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.punchboardmedia.com</a>!

The Long View of Catan with Eric Brosius and Joe Huber

Openers: Trambahn, Animals on Board   As long as I've been in the hobby, I've never taken a liking to long games. Even though I'll play for hours &amp; hours on a Saturday, I always want that time to be spent playing many different games. Why is that?         The truth is, I've been asked that question many times and have never been able to answer it. I know what I like, sure, but on my podcast I try to analyze my own opinions &amp; preferences. That's what I'm doing here, with the help of Eric Brosius. Eric's an interesting guy who's been gaming even longer than I have. He likes short games like I do...but he also appreciates long games. I sought Eric out to work through this topic. He told me he thought of this topic through his own life experience in the hobby, encountering different games (long &amp; short) over the decades. His story matches my recollection that the history of the hobby had a lot of long games before Catan came along. There are long games after Catan (and some short games before it), but 1995 was a landmark year when our hobby changed.  By the second half, I have a few different ideas about why I avoid long games. Some of it is complexity or length for its own sake, without a corresponding increase in narrative depth or strategic interest. I hate that, and those games feel like a waste to me. I get more fun out of 2-4 shorter games that play in the same time. Another consideration is the mental reset that happens between games, which is nice. Still another is the "arc" of a game, with its own beginning, middle, and end. I inherently have more interest in multiple games that will have multiple strategic milestones in them.  Closers: Game design efficiency, Packing games for a family weekend  -Mark

Openers: <a href="https://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/175293/trambahn" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Trambahn</a>, <a href="https://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/191572/animals-board" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Animals on Board</a> As long as I've been in the hobby, I've never taken a liking to long games. Even though I'll play for hours &amp; hours on a Saturday, I always want that time to be spent playing many different games. Why is that? <a href="https://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/87459" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="https://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/713985" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="https://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/784592" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="https://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/834645" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="https://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/784193" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> The truth is, I've been asked that question many times and have never been able to answer it. I know what I like, sure, but on my podcast I try to analyze my own opinions &amp; preferences. That's what I'm doing here, with the help of Eric Brosius. Eric's an interesting guy who's been gaming even longer than I have. He likes short games like I do...but he also appreciates long games. I sought Eric out to work through this topic. He told me he thought of this topic through his own life experience in the hobby, encountering different games (long &amp; short) over the decades. His story matches my recollection that the history of the hobby had a lot of long games before Catan came along. There are long games after Catan (and some short games before it), but 1995 was a landmark year when our hobby changed. By the second half, I have a few different ideas about why I avoid long games. Some of it is complexity or length for its own sake, without a corresponding increase in narrative depth or strategic interest. I hate that, and those games feel like a waste to me. I get more fun out of 2-4 shorter games that play in the same time. Another consideration is the mental reset that happens between games, which is nice. Still another is the "arc" of a game, with its own beginning, middle, and end. I inherently have more interest in multiple games that will have multiple strategic milestones in them. Closers: Game design efficiency, Packing games for a family weekend <a href="https://www.boardgamegeek.com/geekmail/compose?touser=MarkEJohnson" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">-Mark</a>

Boardgames To Go 163 - Long Games (with Eric Brosius)